Top 274 Dire Quotes & Sayings
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Last updated on November 21, 2024.
I think I'd much rather have a wooden stick and metallic ball than a real dire wolf on set.
How one election has exposed the true dire straits of the Democrat Party. It really is profound.
Heard once that in dire times when you need a sign, that's when they appear.
I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better.
There's only so many ways you can cope with being in dire means, and one way is humour.
The most dire disaster in love is the death of imagination.
Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire,
And airy tongues that syllable men's names.
Perhaps...the nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
Only something extremely dire and disabling will ever stop a real writer from writing. Retirement is never an option.
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like ""Brothers in Arms"" and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.
As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces.
New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire.
Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
Tragedy should remain the right of human beings, subject, in their conditions or in their own nature, to the dire law of necessity. To them it is salvation and beatification.
Dire Straits is a great band. Someone tells you they like 'Brothers in Arms' and immediately you know they're a stupid annoying git.
In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.
Climate change poses an existential threat to the planet that is no less dire than that posed by North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.'
Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.
Oh and P.S.? I am in dire need of more coffee. Industrial strength.
I don't really think of Dire Straits as a sound, you know. It. just depends on the song, and the stuff we're doing is so varied.
The White House has embarked on a mission to convince the people of our country that Social Security is in dire need of drastic change in order to save it for all workers
Contentions fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Some of the best stuff can be written out of dire times
O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?
Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.
Christians don't seem to be as aware of, or as sensitive to, the dire state of humanity as they are about the pleasant growth of their Christian walk.
There was a point in time when I was in dire need of changing the way the model agency was working.
Healthcare in the U.S. remains a dire mess, and the Obama presidency, unfortunately, didn't really address that.
The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans, and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.
I was in dire need of a band that was serious about getting out of El Paso.
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow.
Arms on armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, and the madding wheels Of brazen chariots rag'd: dire was the noise Of conflict.
What dire offence from am'rous causes springs, What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
Having grown up in dire poor, the thing that I hated the most in life was poverty.
In my life as a soldier and citizen, I have seen time and time again that inaction has dire consequences.
The most dire of all of life's grueling deceptions wedge themselves in in our minds between truth and perceptions.
I am tremendously inspired by many women around the world who work under dire circumstances to make a difference for their families.
The only legitimate excuse you could have for having a baby in those dire, war torn, famine struck conditions - would be to eat it.
When I became an actor, I decided I had enough time, talent, and resources to support people who are in dire need of assistance.
It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.
The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war.
I'm a family man. I always depend on my family when I am in dire need.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
We have a dire need to get onto the page as a sustainable country
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.
I always try to be a champion of social change and anything that brings awareness to a really dire situation.
There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your instrument and not cross over to that tasteless place.
To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.
When your country is in dire straits, it doesn't matter whether you're a social democrat or not.
The world is littered with the tales of small businesses in the dire straits of hiring that spent time and money they couldn't afford to hire people who couldn't perform.
Hopelessness kills. Numerous studies in humans show that we can die as a result of dire beliefs and a sense of overwhelming futility.
We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.
In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor.
If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA will be in dire need of Russia as an ally.
We avoid the things that we're afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.
It is with pain that I read of the dire effects of my book upon the minds of young girls.
I've heard Donald [Trump]s ay this at his rallies, and it's really unfortunate that he paints such a dire negative picture of black communities in our country.
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
I'm not so fascinated by these ingenue roles. I tend to gravitate towards women in plays or shows or films that are more chaotic or have something dire going on.
